.1st BENALLA :.SCOUTS By.. "Look O ut:J-:. P '. ON '.Thursday,- evening there ..was, a.. Sgood atteondance, and arrange. ments. wore:made for all. couts .to . moot at the tank 'house andd to con,; tlnue *with the troop to the' river to practice bridge building .Thlsprac tice is for competitions to, be hold at Numurkah on King's Birthday, Juno 18, to which we are invited. Further particulars will he published later During the evening a game, knot ting rounders, was played. Many ,funny. positions were called by the "batting" team, to tie the knots. After this poison ball was played. I will endeavor to give readers a description of the attempts at bridge biitiding,; and also of the_.: .correct'' Inodel in a later issue ,

SHOSPITAL BALL AT BADDAGINNIE ON THURSDAY NEXT. E~?ABORA T preparations are he Ing made for the ball to he held at the Baddaginnloe Hall on Thursday evening next in aid of the Wangar atta Hospital. The committee with Mesars L Rolls as presldent, and J. Williams and H. Mack as Joint hon. secretaries, are working hard to en sure its success, and they are hoping for a good attendance of the dancing publio. A Wangaratta band will supply the music, and a good night's amusement It promlsed all who at-. jend....

AND THE BUILDING INDUSTR U. . I-- -ly - " IN THE MAINTENANCE and reconstruction of the huge buildings and plant of the Carlton &amp; United Breweries, and in the reconstruction and extension of many first-class residential hotels throughout Victoria, many skilled tradesmen are constantly employed and great quantities of building materials are used every year. Brick Kilns, Steel Works, Cement IManufacturers, Timber Mills, Engineering Works, and many other associated industries, together with Architects, Engineers and Builders, all enjoy greater prosperity because: of these activities. The progressive policy 'of the Carlton :&amp; United Breweries thus provides employment for thousands. It also ensures that C.U.B. Lagers, Bitters and Stouts are always brewed and.. :-' ..stored in buildings that are modern, hygienic and splendidly equipped. CARLTON PRODUCTS COMPRISE THE FOLLOWING BEERS: IOSTER'S LAGER * MELBOURNE BITTER 'A:,:BBOTS LAGER * VICTORIA BITTER ?':?in 'e At Carlton Sp...

CORRESPONDENCE ROAD COURTESY FOR PILOTS. To thaet Editor, "Ensign."' Sir,-At the?last meeting of, the Air: Safety Committee of this councll the question'of a pilot having to make a forced; landing and finding that the only place on,'whlah he could land .was a road, was discussed. In some areas the, country would be so rug ged that It would hbe impossible for a pilot to land anywhere else but on one of the roads running through it, but It was felt that, if a piano were mak ing for a road to make a forced ?ind ing .,read users might simply take it that the pillot was flying low and tdot in difficulties It was therefore, re solved that we give some publicity to the fact that should road users ohb serve a plane making for a road, they should take it that the pilot is en deavoring to land and should give him every opportunity to do so. Should a pilot be forced to land on the road and trafeic continue as usual, results might he tragic. Road users would do well then to watch the movements ...

WARRENBAYNE CLUB. A large gathering aesembled at the :-Warrenbayne links on Saturday for the opening day. Visitors were pres ent from Warrenbayne North, Swan pool and Benalla. The day was per fect. and a very enjoyable afternoon resulted. Mixed foursomes .over 12 holes and .ingles over 12 holes were played. H. James and Miss Gawley (18) 46, won the mixed, and I. Walker won the singles (11) 46. A very dainty afternoon tea was served and ,appreciated. 'The president. Mr C. Price, extend ded a welcome to all. He thanked Sthe Warrenbayne North ladies for -their offer to assist with the after ;tnoon. tea: He then presented the ;trophles to the winners. Mr R. Jenkyn, Mr A. Marston and Mr HR. McCrlckard thanked the War 'renbayne club for a very nice after noon and an Interesting round. A few of the leading scores re turned were: Mixed Foursomes, 12 Holes. H. James and Miss Gawley (18), 46; J. Young and Mrs W. McPherson (15), 48: W. McPherson and Mrs Seassons, (17), 49; W. Briggs and Mrs Je...

Testing. of Headlightsi SOME members of the Royal Auto mobile Club' of Victoria do. `not appear to be aware of the fact that they are entitled to have their head lights tested free at R.A.C.V. service stations, The agreement between the club and the service stations provides that the contractor shall test the focus of the headlights of members' cars free of charge. If the contractor has no apparatus available for the pur pose, the R A.C.V. undertakes to supply it if 'the circumstances war rant.

MURRAY COD HATCHERY EXPERIMENTS SUCCE88SFUL' 80 FAR. ,. , :.; -. TT was found last yoar that Murray 'cod touml beh hlatched artifleally, and .this yearthex oxprliments will be continued by' tho Flsherles and Game department to ascortain if the :moth. ods can be adapted ':to commercial needs. This will1not take place until October, when :theo' breeding' eason occurs.. If It.ls dbnone ucceosfully, the Chief Inspector. (Mi' Lewis) will. probably. make 'appllcation: to the 'Government for enough, flunds to. establish a small hatchery= at -Barmah' 'Lakes, : near Echuca, where the experiments, are being carried out, and "which Mr Lewis coisiders is an ideal spot for the work.? The close season for:Mtirray co4 Is from September to ' Novembher, in clusive' in both. Victoria and N.S .:, and it Is probable that both these States will continue this three month season for some years South Aus tralia has a two-month. season of September 'and Octoter only. "_:

-"HUGGING CENTRE OE ROAD" BAD DRIVING HABIT. O many complaints are made, that motor .car drivers in Victoria are not as considerate as those. of' some other places In the Empire,. that, we must seek a basic cause, because all the factors of human nature,. selfish and otherwise, are much the same wherever you go in English speaking countries. It Is surprising when bad road manners are spoken of to find that in a large number of cases they boll down to 'hugging the centre of the road." IHabit contracted before good broad roads were constructed must he held to be largely respon-" sible for this trait. In the old days; many roads had a very pronounced cumber and the motorist was 'comr? polled, In the interests of safety, to drive in the centre to relieve the strain of counteracting the "surfice' curve with the steering .wheel: ,The Country Roads Board has found- that these high cumbers are not so neces nary now as they may havde been iln the past, because drainage =methods have been imp...

Football Seas Opens THOONA. TATONG LEAGUE VIOLET TOWN AND ALL BLACKS YVICTORIOUS All Blacks Defeat Tatong Last Saturday saw the opening of the 1938 season for the Thoona-Tatong Football League. Originally comprising six teams i':the All Blacks, Violet Town, Glenrowan, Tatong (with whom Swan pool have amalgamated this year), Thoone and Goorambat. the last named club now finds It Impossible to muster a team, with the result thpt only five teams will compete, there being two matches and a by; each Saturday. O)wing to the continued dry weather, the grounds were very hard, In fact at the All Blacks match on several occasions the players were partly obscured by the dust arising from the playing ground. All Blacks defeated Tatong in a well contested game by 8 ? goals 18 behinds against 6 goals 9 behinds; but Violet Town were altogether too strong for Thoona, who only scored one goal against their opponent's 20 goals. A pleasing innovation last week was the ":staging by the All Blacks of a ...

GIRL GUIDES THE local Association for Girl Guides held.a4 meeting In St An drew's Hall on Tuesday, May':17th. Mrs G. T. Say presided. Mrs Blair (District Commilssioner), Miss Joyce Brown (Brown Owl), and sixteen members were present. The Guide Captain (Mrs Bakowell) reported that keys for the Scout Hall had been bought, so. that work at meetings would begin more , punctu ally. Brownies antd Guides were each supplying a -cup and saucer, for, use at their entertainments, and' any member of the LA who lsr not a mother of a guide or n brownle,' may care to help by piovlding a cup and saucer too. ' Instead of the Guides going into recess during the :.winter,:i Miss .L. Carter (Lleutenanit will take. the Junior Guides for ordinary meetings,! while commencing lfrom Monday, Oth June, Miss Sivlson, wll coach senior Guides and Rangers for their St. John's Ambulance badge. . Mrs Blair thanked all members for their help at the Guide fair which vwas such a financial success. The amount realised ...